The Anti-Yale has nominated Nate Zelinsky, staff writer for the Yale Daily News, for this year's BAM Award.
The BAM Award (Bill and Melinda Award) is given annually by the Bill and Melinda Gradgrind Foundation to that individual or entity whose contribution to educational reform most fully dehumanizes students, teachers, and administrators while using terms such as "metric," "accountability," and "transparency."
Last year's BAM Award went to Shanghai.
The Bill and Melinda Gradgrind Foundation is a missionary organization "dedicated to grinding teachers, students, and curricula into standardized perfection ... "
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The Foundation takes its name from Thomas Gradgrind, the inspirational utilitarian teacher in Charles Dickens's Hard Times.
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Note:
The Foundation takes its name from Thomas Gradgrind, the inspirational utilitarian teacher in Charles Dickens's Hard Times.
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